Archive for December, 2007
Wen calls for closer trade ties with Japan
China and Japan wrapped up their first high-level commerce and economic talks yesterday by pledging to cement even stronger ties in wide-ranging areas, including a free-trade zone.
EU and GCC fail to deal with free trade obstacles
DOHA: The Gulf Co-operation Council and the 25-member European Union failed yesterday to overcome obstacles to a free trade agreement that has eluded them for nearly 20 years, Qatar?s Finance Minister and Acting Minister of Economy and Commerce HE Yousef Hussein Kamal said.
Company seeks bond, tax break from city
The 150,000 square foot Dana Corp. plant on the south side of Cape Girardeau won’t be vacant for long if the city council approves an economic development bond and tax abatement package to finance a…
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Malaysia Confident Of Meeting Growth Targets In 2007 & 2008
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 (Bernama) — Malaysia is confident of achieving its growth targets of 6.0 percent this year and 6.0 to 6.5 percent next year as inflation and external negative factors are not seen as a major setback, Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop said Monday.
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State’s system of electing justices called ‘troubling’
The TV and radio ads that saturated the airwaves this spring left no doubt that Wisconsin’s largest business group liked Supreme Court candidate Annette Ziegler ? although Ziegler neither solicited nor welcomed that support. Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce spent $2.2 million “educating the public” about the Washington County Circuit Court judge’s strengths and what it said was the lack of …
Read More at Wisconsin State Journal…
No Timeline Set For Gas Price Review, Says Nor Mohamed
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 (Bernama) — No timeline has been set for the gas price review but any such decision will be in conjunction and concurrently with a review in electricity tariffs, Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop said Monday.
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City may lose with business tax changes
What: Bellingham City Council members will consider state-mandated changes to how the city can collect Business & Occupation taxes. When: Finance and personnel committee discussion at 2:05 p.m. Monday. The vote on the ordinance will take place at the full council meeting at 7 p.m.
Read More at The Bellingham Herald…
China hails Japan summit but energy row clouds picture
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday hailed a summit with Japan as “another step forward” in warming ties, but the mood was tempered by lingering tension over competing claims to offshore energy fields.
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SEC’s anti-investor vote a disservice to shareholders
Shareholders lost the only shot they had at firing incompetent directors when the Securities and Exchange Commission voted last week to prevent investors from nominating their own board candidates.
Read More at International Herald Tribune…
Minister Gupta vows to fight corruption in NOC; says fuel supply will be normal soon
Newly appointed Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Shyam Sundar Gupta has vowed to fight corruption in Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), and check leakages in the fuel supply system.
China, Japan Made Progress in Beijing Summit
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) — China and Japan took “another step” in furthering relations, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said at the end of a weekend summit in Beijing involving six ministers from Japan and eight from China, the most comprehensive talks since ties resumed in 1972.
Japan Urges China to Allow Faster Yuan Gains
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) — Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga urged Chinese leaders at a meeting in Beijing to allow their currency to appreciate at a faster pace, joining calls from governments in Europe and the U.S.
Euro starter kits available for small businesses
Euro starter kits valued at Lm56.24 (?131) are now available for small businesses from all bank branches, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Finance Tonio Fenech announced on Saturday. BOV expects to sell approximately 15,000 retailer kits in the coming four weeks. Meanwhile, Parliamentary Secretary Tonio Fenech announced that mini-kits for consumers valued at Lm5 (?11.65) will be …
Read More at Maltamedia.com Daily News…
Supervisor Bays questions decision to build, finance jail
NORWICH ? After unanimously passing next year?s $79.2 million budget on Wednesday, a member of the Chenango County Board of Supervisors addressed the board about what he called ?a haze? surrounding the decision to move forward on building the new Public Safety Facility.
Appliance retailer guilty of 14 charges under fair trading act
Appliance retailer Hill & Stewart has been found guilty of 14 charges under the Fair Trading Act, for pricing goods purchased with interest free finance as more expensive than cash.
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Doyle calls for special legislative session on campaign finance reform
Gov. Jim Doyle today called a special session of the Wisconsin Legislature for Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 11 a.m. to take action on comprehensive, bipartisan campaign finance reform.
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Chinese entrepreneurship revolution: family business, finance, politics, trade, jobs
Is China’s economy and development sustainable? What is behind rising China? Are the Chinese going to dominate world finance, trade, outsourcing, commerce, technology, investment, labor, politics in this century? Talk to leading thinker George Zhibin Gu.
